Category: Russell Group

MPs Told UK Universities Need Broader Risk Awareness of Chinese Collaboration

While there has been greater awareness in British universities and better government support in the past years around the risks of research collaboration with Chinese institutions, government guidelines and risks awareness among academics are still “quite narrow,” a committee of MPs heard. Giving evidence to the Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday during an ad-hoc hearing on…


Cambridge University’s CCP Tainted China Centre to Rebrand

Britain’s elite Cambridge University will rebrand its China Centre following revelations it had trained senior members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to become better authoritarian leaders. The centre was set up in 2016 at Jesus College Cambridge and was reviewed by a panel of the college’s academics following a slew of media exposes about…